stunned

[Jonsi]

Ditch the shreddies

that phrase could be wrong on so many levels 😉😛

sound advice tho'

 

[amplify]

I dusted off the slow cooker. Stews and home made curries with cauliflower rice or just vegetables instead of rice.

Great I've a slow cooker and love it. Will go and check out the receipe forum.

Not keen on cauliflower in any form but happy to go without rice

 

[Owen]

Just having a debate with my mushroom hating daughter, about to make s sausage casserole. Mushrooms, Swede, carrots and cherry tomatoes.

 

[amplify]

Ooh sausage casserole sounds nice.
I love mushrooms - hate tomatoes and swedes

 

[Jonsi]

Ooh sausage casserole sounds nice.
I love mushrooms - hate tomatoes and swedes

I dislike tomatoes (unless its a sauce on beans or pasta) and I detest Mushrooms ...but have always found the Swedes to be a polite and friendly nation with an excellent grasp of English. I also drive one of their cars

 

[Mark Parrott]

My go to breakfast at the moment is ham & scrambled eggs. So quick & easy & carb free. I also make my own low carb puddings using almond flour or coconut flour instead of the usual wheat based flour. Also chocolate with high cocoa content is fine (70% at least) but don't over do it.

 

[Marsbartoastie]

You guys are enjoying this too much!

 

[Marsbartoastie]

Great I've a slow cooker and love it. Will go and check out the receipe forum.

Not keen on cauliflower in any form but happy to go without rice

Try blending cooked cauliflower to a creamy mash consistency and add some cream cheese (with or without garlic and herbs) or butter + a bit of salt and pepper. It's delicious. Lots of people who aren't keen on cauliflower (and I'm one of them) really like this.

 

[Angelofthemarches]

Hi amplify. When I was diagnosed, had 7 weeks off sick, and realised how tired and unwell I was. It got better. I just had to accept that I couldn't do my work, and had to be kind to myself for a change

I've just been diagnosed and am in a bit of a state of shock. Since I had the first bloods done 7 days ago I have gone onto a low carb diet and have found it surprisingly Ok so far. Am kicking myself - my dad was type 2 diabetic and I am overweight and 59 years old. Think it came on over the last 3 years when I started a very full on teaching job where I was very stressed and had hours and hours of marking (ie too much sitting down!)
Have been trying to exercise every day but just feel so completely exhausted all the time.
Any tips gratefully appreciated!!

 

[grovesy]

Welcome!

 

[Angelofthemarches]

Thanks grovesey - am already finding people's reactions interesting. For one thing the exhaustion i am getting makes it difficult for me to walk 15 mins without stopping whereas 3 years ago I was walking easily over 3 miles a day in addition to work. But people say things like, oh, just go to bed early!
I guess it's going to take a while to get the eating and exercise sorted.

 

[Ljc]

Thanks grovesey - am already finding people's reactions interesting. For one thing the exhaustion i am getting makes it difficult for me to walk 15 mins without stopping whereas 3 years ago I was walking easily over 3 miles a day in addition to work. But people say things like, oh, just go to bed early!
I guess it's going to take a while to get the eating and exercise sorted.

Hi Welcome. I'm afraid they won't be able to get it, it's not the normal tiredness that they know about. Have you been put on any meds for diabetes ? As your BGs (blood glucose) levels come down you should start to feel less tired and have more energy.
Have you been given a meter so you can test your BGs, sadly unless you're on certain meds it's unlikely you will be given one, if this is the case providing you can afford to fund one yourself , the SD Codefree meter and test strips is the cheapest one to fund that we know of, other brands test strips are much dearer don't forget to claim vat exemption, we use mmol/L measurement in uk
http://homehealth-uk.com/all-products/codefree-blood-glucose-monitoring-system-mmoll-or-mgdl/

 

[Angelofthemarches]

Also, another query: my daughter is vegan and while I want to keep including eggs and cheese in my diet, when she is home I wanted to make some meals we can both have. But I think if I am having a low carb diet, pulses are not recommended and I'm not sure of other sources of protein.

 

[Robin]

Also, another query: my daughter is vegan and while I want to keep including eggs and cheese in my diet, when she is home I wanted to make some meals we can both have. But I think if I am having a low carb diet, pulses are not recommended and I'm not sure of other sources of protein.

I find pulses are fine, and don't affect my blood sugar too much, because they are so slow release. It's just a question of experimenting to see if you can tolerate them.

 

[grovesy]

Sometimes it how much of something you have that can have an affect!

 

[Martin Canty]

Sometimes it how much of something you have that can have an affect!

You can mitigate the impact of some carbs by increasing the fat intake (slows the adsorption rate of the carbs though in the end you will still have the same amount of carbs). Also there are many good sources or protein out there.... I have not tried it (yet) but Nutritional Yeast looks promising especially if it's enriched with B12 (which I think that vegans tend to be missing from their diet)

 

[SB2015]

I've just been diagnosed and am in a bit of a state of shock. Since I had the first bloods done 7 days ago I have gone onto a low carb diet and have found it surprisingly Ok so far. Am kicking myself - my dad was type 2 diabetic and I am overweight and 59 years old. Think it came on over the last 3 years when I started a very full on teaching job where I was very stressed and had hours and hours of marking (ie too much sitting down!)

Limit your marking so that it does not take up the whole evening. I found quite a few tricks to avoid hors of marking and in the end the processes that the students followed as they got more involved in peer assessment were a lot more profitable for them, and I was a lot less tired!!

 

[Radders]

Also, another query: my daughter is vegan and while I want to keep including eggs and cheese in my diet, when she is home I wanted to make some meals we can both have. But I think if I am having a low carb diet, pulses are not recommended and I'm not sure of other sources of protein.

I am open to correction, but I don't think a very low carb diet is manageable on a balanced vegan diet. But another good source of protein that's low carb is nuts, and if you like it, tofu (not my favourite thing!). Edamame beans are fab but possibly too carby at 10g a portion.

 

[Martin Canty]

very low carb diet is manageable on a balanced vegan diet

With respect, I would disagree, many veggies (vegetables, not vegetarians) are high in soluble fiber & there are alternate sources of protein; the biggest problem I'd see is making up the deficiencies in vitamins, particularly B12. The problem that I saw (when I was hanging out with Vegan & Veggie types) is creating a balanced diet in the first place (particularly in not loading the carbs), though this comment is in hindsight as in our 20's most of us had no idea about nutrition.

Just checked my freezer & shelled Edamame come to about 5g Net Carbs for a 141g serving (actually I use 1 serving between the 2 of us, so even less.....

Over the weekend I watched a presentation by Dr. Mark Hyman (Eat Fat Get Thin) & while he was promoting his book & diet plans, one of the take-always is that we are eating too much meat & should think of meat as an accompaniment rather than a main constituent of our meal.

 

[Radders]

With respect, I would disagree, many veggies (vegetables, not vegetarians) are high in soluble fiber & there are alternate sources of protein; the biggest problem I'd see is making up the deficiencies in vitamins, particularly B12.

Just checked my freezer & shelled Edamame come to about 5g Net Carbs for a 141g serving (actually I use 1 serving between the 2 of us, so even less.....

Over the weekend I watched a presentation by Dr. Mark Hyman (Eat Fat Get Thin) & while he was promoting his book & diet plans, one of the take-always is that we are eating too much meat & should think of meat as an accompaniment rather than a main constituent of our meal.

You're right, I don't know where I got the 10g figure from, I stand corrected. The B12 thing was one of the issues, plus getting the complete range of amino acids. Not impossible maybe but definitely a challenge, especially if like me you can't stand tofu!